Circumstance, A Crude Foe: Antigone
When a person is in the wrong place at the wrong time due to circumstance should that person be punished for something they had no power against? Being a victim to circumstance is something that we all have probably experienced in life. Many times these circumstances or coincidences are not even that persons fault. One story with a very modern and applicable circumstantial event is present in the myth, “The Rape of Persephone.” This myth illustrates how a young woman, Persephone is idly picking flowers, when out of the ground Hades, the underworld god, snatches her down to Hell as his true love. A sense of irony comes into play because Hades never loved Persephone, but was struck by Cupid’s arrow and now he loves her. She goes to Hell and lives there for a few years and at the same time not eating due to Zeus’ “Code of Hospitality.” Finally she eats four pomegranate seeds and gets sentenced to one third of an eternity in Hell. In the myth, “The Rape of Persephone” Persephone b
If Hades loved Persephone he had no right to go out and pick Persephone out of the ground, like an apple off a tree, without consulting Persephone’s opinion or free will. If Hades really and truly loved Persephone he should have came up to Persephone with great kindness and respect, consequently gaining her respect. All the same Hades should not have stormed out of the ground as if he were a bat out of Hell. Nevertheless he should have asked Persephone of her opinion on the matter at hand. However, thoughtless and inconsiderate Hades’ acts were, he was not the only problem. Supported by these three key facts, Persephone was truly a victim of circumstance and consequently Zeus’ decision to make Persephone spend one third of her eternity with Hades is absolutely unfair. Due to circumstance Persephone could not avoid being abducted by Hades without her consent, Cupid should not have shot Hades with his arrow, and most of all Zeus should have known that this was not a situation in which hi
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